Month: October 2004

  • spelling lesson

    9-year-old girl i tutor studying for her spelling test: “Betrayal. b. e. t. r. a. y. a. l. Betrayal… I would never, ever do that! No, I would never. That’s not what friends do.”

  • delusional

    sometimes i get delusional. meaning, i hear the heavy step of my dad coming home after a long day of work. meaning, it’s 11 pm and i hear the door creak shut and the heavy steps of those clunky shoes, one with a foot and one with a half-foot and a brace. meaning, it’s time…

  • isr-el

    did you know: after they fought face to face, the angel of esav named yaakov ‘israel’ because ‘srita im elohim v’im anashim, v’tuchal.” meaning, ‘you fought with god and with man and you overcame’. [gen.32:29] maybe this explains a lot. maybe it explains jewish atheists – maybe it explains human nature & philosophical struggle –…

  • dead passion

    a: u know what? a: if i had a choice between going to israel and having career passion and life drive or staying here and loving one man passionately and completely – shit. b: damn a: …we used to talk about passion a lot. and really, he never thought there was room for more than…

  • sign at the X to sell your soul

    “yo, what’s your deal?” “what? i don’t really have a deal; i just don’t have anything anymore, for her, you know?” “but what changed that?” —what changed that? do you wanna go through all of that?— “she’s been doing what she’s been willing for the past few months; i made no sound about it, i…

  • mantra/announcement

    guess what? you don’t know me, but you know me.i’m the quiet girl at the end desk, making calls between staring into space.i’ve got loads of priorities, but you aren’t one of them.i sit in this chair at this desk between getting drunk on weekends.i’m living and you’re probably dead. so remember, you don’t pay…